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Extra Nourishment.
The amount expended by the Council during the financial
year ended 31st March, 1936, upon the provision of extra nourishment
for 102 necessitous patients upon the Dispensary books was
£464 10s. 5d.
Artificial Pneumo-thorax Treatment.
The number of dispensary patients who received artificial
Pneumo-thorax treatment during the year was 42, as compared
with 51 in 1934, and the refills given numbered 549, the cost to the
Council amounting to £288 4s. 6d.
The number of refills given at the five hospitals attended by
these patients was as under:—
Brompton Hospital 367 I Grove Park Hospital (L.C.C.) 18
St. Thomas's Hospital 142 I St. George's Hospital 3
Colindale Hospital (L.C.C.) 19 |
Examinations and Reports.
Bacteriological examinations made during the year numbered
890, 279 of the specimens examined coming from medical practitioners.
The number of positive results was 203, or 22.8 per cent.
Reports to public bodies numbered 1,011.
Consultations with medical practitioners at the homes of
patients and reports made on patients sent to the Dispensary
totalled 605, while reports received in respect of insured persons
on form G.P. 36 numbered 71.
There were 218 patients referred to hospitals, including 204
sent to St. Thomas's for X-ray examination.
Artificial Sunlight Treatment.
During the year 14 Dispensary patients received treatment
at the Council's artificial sunlight treatment centre at Southlands
(vide page 43). In 7 cases treatment was completed, the usual
period of treatment being from three to four months, and in 7 cases
definite improvement was reported.
The work is carried out by one of the Dispensary nurses under
the direction of the Tuberculosis Medical Officer.
Shelters and Beds.
Provision is made by the Council for the loan, in suitable cases,
of shelters for the use of patients to enable them to sleep in their
gardens. In addition, two shelters are available at Southlands,
adjoining the dispensary, for use during the day by patients selected
by the Tuberculosis Officer. These patients may obtain dinners
at a small cost.
Arrangements are also made for the supply by the Council of
beds and bedding in necessitous cases.